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Koselak, Jeremy – Phi Delta Kappan, 2017
One high-leverage strategy rooted in a strong research base--the revitalized tutoring center--provides a wealth of opportunity to students who may be otherwise underserved. This embedded, open-all-day tutoring center supports collaborative teacher teams by using peer tutors and community volunteers. By centralizing resources and providing supports…
Descriptors: High School Students, Tutorial Programs, Tutors, Peer Teaching
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Jacob, Robin; Armstrong, Catherine; Bowden, A. Brooks; Pan, Yilin – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
This study evaluates the impacts and costs of the Reading Partners program, which uses community volunteers to provide one-on-one tutoring to struggling readers in under-resourced elementary schools. The evaluation uses an experimental design. Students were randomly assigned within 19 different Reading Partners sites to a program or control…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Tutorial Programs, Randomized Controlled Trials, Tutors
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Johnson-Glenberg, Mina C. – Educational Media International, 2010
This research examined the impact of formative quizzes on e-learning designed to teach volunteers how to tutor struggling readers. Three research questions were addressed: (1) Do embedded quizzes facilitate learning of e-content? (2) Does the announcement of upcoming quizzes affect learning? (3) Does prior knowledge interact with quizzing and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Prior Learning, Testing, Adult Learning
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McGuire, Agnes C. – School Management, 1974
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools, Tutorial Programs, Volunteer Training
Rogers, Joy J. – Lifelong Learning, 1984
Volunteer participation in adult literacy programs can be encouraged by (1) stressing the goals of helping individuals and long-term social value, (2) gearing expectations to students' abilities and progress, (3) emphasizing pragmatic methods to achieve students' goals, (4) stressing teaching methods adapted from daily interaction, and (5)…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Participation, Reading Instruction, Tutorial Programs
Hall, Lee E. – 1980
To provide assistance to South Carolina schools in developing volunteer tutorial programs, the Competency Testing Project at Winthrop College created this manual on program development. This manual is designed to be duplicated and disseminated to coordinators and tutors; and although designed for an elementary school program, it can be used as a…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Elementary Education, Program Development, Remedial Programs
Svicarovich, John, Ed. – 1974
It is the intent of this manual to show how a volunteer tutoring program can be implemented and maintained in any community that desires to individualize institutional learning programs through tutoring. The manual attempts to describe the requirements and development of a tutoring program in generic terms; however, it often cites examples from…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Individualized Programs, Program Development
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McCuaig, Susannah M. – Educational Leadership, 1975
Descriptors: Education Courses, Elementary Education, Remedial Instruction, Remedial Programs
Lovelace, Terry – 1980
Potential sources of volunteers over the age of 65 for tutoring in remedial or compensatory reading programs include retired teacher associations, local councils on aging, and local chapters of the American Association for Retired People. Personal contact is generally responsible for volunteers' participation in a tutorial program. When addressing…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Older Adults, Participation, Program Development
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1979
This booklet is one of eight developed both as resource guides to assist Wisconsin public schools in offering quality reading instruction and as models for improvement where there is a need for change. This last booklet offers suggestions for the effective planning and implementation of volunteer programs. Ten potential problem areas in utilizing…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Program Descriptions, Reading Improvement, Reading Programs
Pope, Lillie – 1976
This manual contains specific guidelines for setting up a viable tutorial program, for training the tutors, and for enlisting volunteers in such a program. Part one describes the specific, technical problems that will be faced by those who set up and direct the program. Part two discusses the training of tutors. Part three contains samples of the…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Guidelines, Lay Teachers, Programed Tutoring
Schlieper, Ann; Rosenfeld, A. – Spec Educ Can, 1969
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Exceptional Child Education, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Program Evaluation
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Crisuolo, Nicholas P. – Florida Reading Quarterly, 1971
Descriptors: Attitudes, Communication Skills, Inservice Education, Reading Instruction
Kornblau, Esther; Kruuse, Myrna – 1979
Intended as a guide to aid inservice teachers and school administrative personnel in developing an effective program for the utilization of school volunteers, this document discusses the merits of a volunteer program and provides concrete suggestions for program design and implementation. Five steps towards a volunteer program delineated by the…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Program Development, School Community Programs, School Community Relationship
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Brehm, Dorothy – Community & Junior College Libraries, 1984
Describes Portland Community College's Volunteer Tutoring Program and its role in adult basic education, developmental instruction, home instruction, and supplementary basic skills assistance. Includes information on tutor recruitment and training and tips for volunteer tutors. (DMM)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Course Content, Program Descriptions, School Community Relationship
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